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TYPES OF WATER DIVIDE

Water divides can be grouped in three types:
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  • Major water divide — The waters on each side of the divide never meet again, but do flow into the same ocean (example: the divide between the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze )

  • Minor water divide — The waters part but eventually meet again at a river confluence (example: the Mississippi and Missouri divide)


Water divides are a hindrance to River Navigation . In pre-industrial times water divides were crossed at Portage s. Later Canal s were built to connect the adjoining drainage basins.